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@Waishnav Waishnav commented Aug 30, 2026

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DevSpace currently derives the OAuth resource identity from server.publicBaseUrl, so split-origin deployments can reject an MCP resource reached through a secure tunnel even when the OAuth authorization server is correctly hosted elsewhere.

This keeps publicBaseUrl as the canonical DevSpace/OAuth identity and adds oauth.allowedResourceUrls for explicit additional MCP resources. The same resource policy now applies during authorization, token exchange, refresh, and /mcp bearer validation, with CLI and setup guidance for OpenAI Secure MCP Tunnel. Existing behavior is unchanged when the list is empty.

Closes #182

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for configuring additional trusted OAuth/MCP resource URLs.
    • Added CLI commands and help text for setting, viewing, and clearing allowed resource URLs.
    • Added support for split OAuth and MCP origins, including secure tunnel setups.
    • Resource URLs are validated during authorization, token exchange, refresh, and MCP requests.
  • Documentation

    • Added setup, security, configuration, and troubleshooting guidance for secure tunnels and split origins.

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Walkthrough

DevSpace adds oauth.allowedResourceUrls for explicit MCP resource identities. The CLI, configuration schema, OAuth provider, MCP route, tests, and documentation now support split OAuth and MCP URLs, including OpenAI Secure MCP Tunnel deployments.

Changes

OAuth resource configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resource configuration and CLI
schema/v1/devspace.schema.json, src/config-schema.ts, src/config.ts, src/config.test.ts, src/cli.ts, src/cli.test.ts
Adds oauth.allowedResourceUrls, persists HTTP(S) URLs, supports clearing with null or none, reports the values in doctor, and documents the setting in CLI help.
Shared OAuth resource policy
src/oauth-provider.ts
Adds OAuthResourcePolicy and uses it for authorization, authorization-code exchange, and refresh-token validation.
Server resource enforcement
src/server.ts
Builds one policy from the default MCP resource and configured resource URLs, then applies it to OAuth flows and /mcp bearer-token requests.
OAuth flow validation tests
src/oauth-store.test.ts
Tests accepted and rejected resource URLs and verifies tunnel resources through authorization-code, access-token, and refresh-token flows.
Tunnel configuration documentation
docs/configuration.md, docs/gotchas.md, docs/security.md, docs/setup.md
Documents split-origin OAuth, exact tunnel resource paths, and OpenAI Secure MCP Tunnel configuration.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 98a2c

The PR expands OAuth/MCP resource audiences beyond the canonical URL, but refreshing without a resource can recreate an audience that /mcp rejects, while additional resources may fail metadata discovery unless deployment rewrites are configured. The allowlist also accepts insecure resource schemes, and changes require a restart that is not clearly communicated; these issues should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ChatGPT
  participant OAuthEndpoints
  participant OAuthResourcePolicy
  participant MCPRoute

  ChatGPT->>OAuthEndpoints: Authorization and token requests with MCP resource
  OAuthEndpoints->>OAuthResourcePolicy: Validate requested resource
  OAuthResourcePolicy-->>OAuthEndpoints: Accept or reject resource
  ChatGPT->>MCPRoute: Bearer-token MCP request
  MCPRoute->>OAuthResourcePolicy: Validate authenticated resource
  OAuthResourcePolicy-->>MCPRoute: Accept or reject request
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I’m a rabbit with URLs in a row

OAuth and MCP now know where to go
Tunnel paths are checked, exact and bright
Tokens hop safely through the night
allowedResourceUrls keeps the route just right

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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: support for separate OAuth and MCP resource URLs.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #182. They add explicit OAuth resource URLs, preserve the default public base URL, apply one resource policy during authorization, token exchange, refresh-token handling, and…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The code, schema, tests, CLI updates, and documentation changes directly support split OAuth and MCP resource URL deployments described in issue #182. No unrelated changes are evident.
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The changes satisfy issue #182. They add explicit OAuth resource URLs, preserve the default public base URL, apply one resource policy during authorization, token exchange, refresh-token handling, and /mcp validation, and add CLI, schema, test, and deployment documentation support.

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Greptile Summary

This PR supports deployments where DevSpace OAuth and the externally visible MCP resource use different URLs.

  • Adds configurable additional OAuth resource URLs to the runtime config, JSON schema, CLI, and documentation.
  • Centralizes resource validation in a shared policy used during authorization, token exchange, refresh, and /mcp bearer validation.
  • Adds coverage for configuration persistence, CLI updates, multiple resources, and OAuth token lifecycle behavior.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge, with no concrete correctness or security failures identified in the changed resource-policy paths.

The shared policy preserves the canonical MCP resource, explicitly adds configured aliases, and applies the same validation during OAuth issuance, refresh, and bearer-token handling.

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
src/oauth-provider.ts Introduces a deduplicated multi-resource policy and consistently applies it to authorization, exchange, and refresh operations.
src/server.ts Builds one resource policy from the canonical MCP URL and configured aliases, then reuses it for provider and bearer validation.
src/cli.ts Adds CLI management and normalization for multiple allowed OAuth resource URLs while preserving publicBaseUrl behavior.
src/config-schema.ts Adds the optional allowedResourceUrls array with an empty default for backward-compatible configuration loading.
src/oauth-store.test.ts Extends OAuth lifecycle coverage to tunnel resources, policy matching, persistence, refresh rotation, and revocation.
schema/v1/devspace.schema.json Exposes the new OAuth resource allowlist in the published configuration schema.

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client as MCP Client
  participant OAuth as DevSpace OAuth
  participant Policy as OAuthResourcePolicy
  participant Store as OAuth Token Store
  participant MCP as /mcp
  Client->>OAuth: Authorization request with resource URL
  OAuth->>Policy: Validate configured resource
  Policy-->>OAuth: Allowed
  OAuth->>Store: Issue resource-bound tokens
  Client->>OAuth: Exchange or refresh token
  OAuth->>Policy: Validate requested resource
  OAuth->>Store: Persist resource-bound replacement tokens
  Client->>MCP: Bearer token
  MCP->>Store: Verify token
  MCP->>Policy: Validate token resource
  Policy-->>MCP: Allowed
  MCP-->>Client: MCP response
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In `@src/cli.ts`:
- Line 400: Update the CLI flow around setDevspaceConfigValue for
oauth.allowedResourceUrls to explicitly tell users that the server must be
restarted for the policy change to take effect; do not imply the running server
reloads the persisted configuration.

Apply the same fix in `@docs/configuration.md` around lines 93 - 95: Add the same
restart guidance alongside the configuration command.

In `@src/config-schema.ts`:
- Line 57: Update the allowedResourceUrls schema to accept HTTPS URLs and permit
HTTP only when the host is an explicit loopback address; reject all other
schemes and non-loopback HTTP endpoints while preserving the existing
empty-array default.

In `@src/oauth-provider.ts`:
- Line 242: Update the refresh flow around the resource policy check to derive
one effective resource from the request value or stored record.resource,
validate that value with resourcePolicy.allows on every refresh, and pass the
identical effective value to issueTokens so a missing request resource cannot
bypass validation.

In `@src/server.ts`:
- Around line 725-729: Update the OAuth metadata routing and bearer-auth
advertisement around mcpAuthRouter and requireBearerAuth so every URL in
config.oauth.allowedResourceUrls, including resourceServerUrl, has correctly
scoped protected-resource metadata and is advertised with its own metadata URL.
Cover both Secure MCP Tunnel and generic gateway paths, or explicitly document
the required proxy rewrite behavior.
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Comment thread src/cli.ts
const values = rest.length === 1 && ["null", "none"].includes(rest[0]!.toLowerCase())
? []
: rest.map(normalizeOAuthResourceUrl);
setDevspaceConfigValue(["oauth", "allowedResourceUrls"], values);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make the restart requirement explicit when changing oauth.allowedResourceUrls.

The configuration command only persists the file, while the running server loads the resource policy at startup. A successful update therefore does not affect the current process until restart. Print an explicit restart requirement and add the same guidance to docs/configuration.md and docs/gotchas.md, or implement configuration reload.

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  • src/cli.ts#L400-L400 (this comment)
  • docs/configuration.md#L93-L95
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In `@src/cli.ts` at line 400, Update the CLI flow around setDevspaceConfigValue
for oauth.allowedResourceUrls to explicitly tell users that the server must be
restarted for the policy change to take effect; do not imply the running server
reloads the persisted configuration.

Apply the same fix in `@docs/configuration.md` around lines 93 - 95: Add the same
restart guidance alongside the configuration command.

Comment thread src/config-schema.ts
accessTokenTtlSeconds: z.number().int().positive().default(60 * 60),
refreshTokenTtlSeconds: z.number().int().positive().default(30 * 24 * 60 * 60),
scopes: z.array(z.string().trim().min(1)).min(1).default(["devspace"]),
allowedResourceUrls: z.array(z.string().url()).default([]),

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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@modelcontextprotocol/sdk 1.29.0 auth-utils checkResourceAllowed resourceUrlFromServerUrl source

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In the @modelcontextprotocol/sdk, checkResourceAllowed and resourceUrlFromServerUrl are utility functions located in the shared/auth-utils (or authUtils) module, designed to facilitate OAuth resource authorization in accordance with RFC 8707 [1][2][3]. Function Details: 1. checkResourceAllowed: This function verifies if a requested resource URL is authorized against a configured resource URL [1][3]. It confirms that both URLs share the same scheme, domain, and port [3]. Furthermore, it checks that the requested resource path starts with the configured resource path (ensuring subpath matching is handled correctly by normalizing trailing slashes) [3][4]. It returns true if the match is successful, and false otherwise [1][3]. 2. resourceUrlFromServerUrl: This function converts a server URL into a resource URL by stripping the fragment component [1][3]. This adheres to RFC 8707 Section 2, which states that resource URIs must not include a fragment component [1][3]. These utilities are commonly used when implementing OAuth flows to bind tokens to specific server resources and validate that requested audiences match the expected MCP server URL [5][6]. They are exported from @modelcontextprotocol/sdk/shared/auth-utils [2][5].

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In the context of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and modern OAuth 2.1 implementations, bearer tokens are required to be sent via the HTTP Authorization header [1][2][3]. While security standards strictly mandate HTTPS for all production communication to protect bearer tokens, exceptions are made for development environments using local loopback addresses [2][4][5]. Key points regarding the use of bearer tokens with localhost and HTTP: 1. Security Requirement: OAuth 2.1 and MCP specifications require that all authorization server endpoints be served over HTTPS [2][3]. This is to prevent the interception of sensitive bearer tokens. 2. Loopback/Localhost Exception: Development environments are permitted to use plain HTTP when the resource URI or redirect URI is explicitly localhost (or another loopback host) [2][4][5]. This allows for local development and testing without requiring complex certificate management [4]. 3. Transmission Method: Bearer tokens must be sent using the Authorization header (Authorization: Bearer ) [1][3]. They must not be included in the URI query string, as query parameters can be logged or exposed in browser history [1][6][3]. 4. Implementation Enforcement: Software Development Kits (SDKs), such as the MCP Python or Ruby SDKs, enforce these security boundaries [4][5]. They will generally reject the use of plain HTTP for remote hosts, allowing it only when the host is identified as a local loopback address [4]. In summary, while you should prioritize HTTPS for all traffic, using plain HTTP for bearer token authentication is restricted to localhost/loopback scenarios during development to ensure security remains intact in production environments [4][5].

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Reachability: Internal · Exploitability: Difficult

Restrict additional resources to HTTPS endpoints.

Allow http: only for explicit loopback resources. z.string().url() currently accepts non-HTTP schemes and non-loopback HTTP URLs. The OAuth provider stores approved resources with issued tokens, so a configured remote HTTP resource can expose bearer tokens over plaintext.

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In `@src/config-schema.ts` at line 57, Update the allowedResourceUrls schema to
accept HTTPS URLs and permit HTTP only when the host is an explicit loopback
address; reject all other schemes and non-loopback HTTP endpoints while
preserving the existing empty-array default.

Comment thread src/oauth-provider.ts
throw new InvalidGrantError("Invalid refresh token");
}
if (resource && !checkResourceAllowed({ requestedResource: resource, configuredResource: this.resourceServerUrl })) {
if (resource && !this.resourcePolicy.allows(resource)) {

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Validate the stored resource on every refresh.

This condition checks the policy only when the refresh request supplies resource. After a restart that removes record.resource from the allowlist, a request without resource skips this check and issueTokens reuses the removed resource. The client receives a token that /mcp rejects.

Derive the effective resource from the request or stored record, validate it, and pass the same value to issueTokens.

Proposed fix
+    const storedResource = record.resource ? new URL(record.resource) : undefined;
+    const effectiveResource = resource ?? storedResource;
-    if (resource && !this.resourcePolicy.allows(resource)) {
+    if (!this.resourcePolicy.allows(effectiveResource)) {
       throw new InvalidGrantError("Invalid resource");
     }
...
-      resource ?? (record.resource ? new URL(record.resource) : undefined),
+      effectiveResource,
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In `@src/oauth-provider.ts` at line 242, Update the refresh flow around the
resource policy check to derive one effective resource from the request value or
stored record.resource, validate that value with resourcePolicy.allows on every
refresh, and pass the identical effective value to issueTokens so a missing
request resource cannot bypass validation.

Comment thread src/server.ts
Comment on lines +725 to +729
const oauthResourcePolicy = new OAuthResourcePolicy([
resourceServerUrl,
...config.oauth.allowedResourceUrls,
]);
const oauthProvider = new SingleUserOAuthProvider(config.oauth, oauthResourcePolicy, config.stateDir);

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In the Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK version 1.29.0, the mentioned functions and utilities are part of the authorization framework designed to support OAuth 2.0 flows, specifically aligning with RFC 9728 (OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Metadata) [1][2][3]. Core Components and Usage: getOAuthProtectedResourceMetadataUrl: This is a helper function used to construct the standard OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Metadata URL [2][4]. It takes the base URL of your MCP server and appends the standard path: /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/[optional-path] [2][4]. This URL is communicated to clients in a 401 challenge, allowing them to discover where to find the server's authorization metadata [1][2][5]. mcpAuthRouter / mcpAuthMetadataRouter: These routers are used in server implementations to expose the necessary metadata documents [2][6]. mcpAuthMetadataRouter is specifically for servers acting as Protected Resources (RS), serving the RFC 9728 metadata [1][2]. mcpAuthRouter is a more comprehensive legacy helper that may include additional endpoints like client registration and token revocation [2]. bearerAuth (requireBearerAuth): This middleware is used on the server side to protect MCP routes [1][5]. It requires that incoming requests carry a valid bearer token and uses the resource metadata URL (generated by getOAuthProtectedResourceMetadataUrl) to challenge unauthenticated clients [1][2][5]. Workflow: When a client makes a request to a protected MCP server, the server responds with a 401 Unauthorized status [3]. The WWW-Authenticate header in this response includes the resource_metadata URL [7][8][3]. The client uses this URL to fetch the Protected Resource Metadata, which identifies the associated Authorization Server(s) [7][3]. The client then interacts with the Authorization Server to obtain a token, which it presents in the Authorization: Bearer header for subsequent requests [3]. Note: The authorization helpers in the SDK are largely contained within the @modelcontextprotocol/server-legacy/auth and @modelcontextprotocol/express packages [1][2][6]. The official MCP documentation emphasizes that for new servers, one should use a dedicated identity provider rather than the legacy built-in auth routers [1].

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The specific file and variables you mentioned belong to the official Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK, which reached version 1.29.0 on March 30, 2026 [1][2]. In the @modelcontextprotocol/server package, packages/server/src/auth/router.ts (or similar paths in recent versions) typically handles authentication routing for MCP servers [3]. The identifiers mcpAuthRouter, resourceServerUrl, and resourceMetadataUrl are internal components or parameters used to configure or route authorization and resource discovery flows within the MCP authentication middleware. These components generally facilitate: - mcpAuthRouter: An internal router instance used to manage authentication-related endpoints [3]. - resourceServerUrl & resourceMetadataUrl: Configuration URLs used by the server to identify, validate, or retrieve metadata for secure resources [4][3]. For the most accurate and up-to-date implementation details of these variables, you should refer to the source code directly in the official repository [2]. As of August 2026, the typescript-sdk repository contains the full implementation of these auth primitives within the @modelcontextprotocol/server package [3].

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  package/dist/esm/server/auth/middleware/bearerAuth.js \
  package/dist/esm/server/auth/router.d.ts \
  package/dist/esm/server/auth/middleware/bearerAuth.d.ts; do
  printf '%s\n' "--- $file ---"
  curl -fsSL "$url" | tar -xOzf - "$file" | rg -n -C 10 "mcpAuthRouter|resourceServerUrl|resourceMetadataUrl|oauth-protected-resource|WWW-Authenticate"
done

Repository: Waishnav/devspace

Length of output: 11461


Support metadata discovery for every configured resource.

mcpAuthRouter registers protected-resource metadata only for the default resourceServerUrl, and requireBearerAuth advertises only its default metadata URL. oauth.allowedResourceUrls does not add metadata routes. An additional resource can therefore receive a 404 or metadata for the wrong resource unless the proxy rewrites the request and response. Test the Secure MCP Tunnel and generic gateway paths, or document the required rewrite.

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In `@src/server.ts` around lines 725 - 729, Update the OAuth metadata routing and
bearer-auth advertisement around mcpAuthRouter and requireBearerAuth so every
URL in config.oauth.allowedResourceUrls, including resourceServerUrl, has
correctly scoped protected-resource metadata and is advertised with its own
metadata URL. Cover both Secure MCP Tunnel and generic gateway paths, or
explicitly document the required proxy rewrite behavior.

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Decouple OAuth issuer and MCP resource URLs for tunnel/proxy deployments

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